This was a really spectacular cake to take to our Thanksgiving gathering! I modified my Fresh Apple Cake and it worked!
Well, I thought I’d start out with a shot of our raised bed SQFT garden. It’s been great this year. We have green ice lettuce, arugula, mesculin, spinach, and chard in the first box, four bell peppers (green, lemon (got one so far and 3 babies are growing), orange and tiny red), broccoli rabe, italian [...]
Continue reading about Meatless Monday: Cherry Onion Sweet and Savory Chutney
A really nice, easy dish that goes together with things in your pantry and freezer and comes out of the oven in 45 minutes smelling and tasting wonderful! I used frozen blueberries from last years crop and some frozen lemon zest and juice. You can easily “take to” or “give to” this dish. This cookbook [...]
I like both, since they are the same. We use aubergine/eggplant in Provencal cooking till the cows come home! In Greece there’s the Moussaka, a hearty dish of baked eggplant & lamb. Throughout the Middle Eat eggplant is revered and eaten in many clever ways. At home, quite often I’d bake eggplants & bell peppers [...]
There’s nothing better than a bowl of fresh fruit or berries for dessert, served with a dollop of slightly beaten fresh cream. For me, the ultimate luxury would be a bowl of raspberries. Next to the white peach, it would have to be my favorite, and it’s packed with goodness.
The pineapple has served as both a food and a symbol throughout the human history of the Americas. Originally unique to the Western Hemisphere, the fruit was a culinary favorite of the fierce Carib Indians who lived on islands in the sea that still bears their name.
The pomegranate, a Persian native, is one of the oldest fruits known to man. Originally thought to be native to China, pomegranates were actually brought to China about 100 B.C. by Han dynasty representative, Jang Qian, who also introduced coriander, walnuts, peas, cucumbers, alfalfa, grapes and caraway seeds to the Far East. The Romans called [...]